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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American army scout, lawman, gambler, and journalist (1853–1921)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the television series, see <a href="/wiki/Bat_Masterson_(TV_series)" title="Bat Masterson (TV series)">Bat Masterson (TV series)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output 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biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Bat Masterson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bat_Masterson_1879.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Bat_Masterson_1879.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="266" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="266" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Bat Masterson in 1879, age 26</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Bartholemew William Barclay Masterson</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1853-11-26</span>)</span>November 26, 1853<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Henryville,_Quebec" title="Henryville, Quebec">Henryville, Quebec</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada_East" title="Canada East">Canada East</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 25, 1921<span style="display:none">(1921-10-25)</span> (aged 67)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Bronx)" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx)">Woodlawn Cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">the Bronx</a>, New York City, New York<br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bat_Masterson&params=40_53_17_N_73_52_19_W_region:US-NY_type:landmark&title=Grave+of+Bat+Masterson"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°53′17″N</span> <span class="longitude">73°52′19″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.88806°N 73.87194°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.88806; -73.87194</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Grave of Bat Masterson</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Buffalo hunter, U.S. Army scout, lawman (sheriff and U.S. marshal), gunfighter, gambler, journalist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1872–1900<br />1908–1912</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Thomas M. Masterson</li><li>Catherine U. McGurk Masterson</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Masterson" title="James Masterson">James Masterson</a> (brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ed_Masterson" title="Ed Masterson">Ed Masterson</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bat_Masterson_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Bat_Masterson_signature.svg/150px-Bat_Masterson_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Bat_Masterson_signature.svg/225px-Bat_Masterson_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Bat_Masterson_signature.svg/300px-Bat_Masterson_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="88" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bartholemew William Barclay</b> "<b>Bat</b>" <b>Masterson</b> (November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the late 19th and early 20th-century <a href="/wiki/American_Old_West" class="mw-redirect" title="American Old West">American Old West</a>. He was born to a working-class Irish family in <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, but he moved to the Western frontier as a young man and quickly distinguished himself as a <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_hunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo hunter">buffalo hunter</a>, civilian scout, and Indian fighter on the <a href="/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a>. He later earned fame as a <a href="/wiki/Gunfighter" title="Gunfighter">gunfighter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">sheriff</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dodge_City,_Kansas" title="Dodge City, Kansas">Dodge City, Kansas</a>, during which time he was involved in several notable shootouts. </p><p>By the mid-1880s, Masterson had moved to <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver, Colorado</a> and established himself as a "sporting man" or gambler. He took an interest in prizefighting and became a leading authority on the sport, attending almost every important match and title fight in the United States from the 1880s until his death in 1921. He moved to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in 1902 and spent the rest of his life there as a reporter and columnist for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Morning_Telegraph" title="The Morning Telegraph">The Morning Telegraph</a></i>. His column covered boxing and other sports, and it frequently gave his opinions on crime, war, politics, and other topics, as well. He became a close friend of President <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> and was one of the "White House Gunfighters" who received federal appointments from Roosevelt,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with <a href="/wiki/Pat_Garrett" title="Pat Garrett">Pat Garrett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Daniels_(pioneer)" title="Ben Daniels (pioneer)">Ben Daniels</a>. </p><p>By the time of his death in 1921, Masterson was known throughout the country as a leading sports writer and celebrity. He is remembered today for his connection to many of the Wild West's most iconic people, places, and events, and his life and likeness are frequently depicted in American popular culture. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masterson was born on November 26, 1853,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/Henryville,_Quebec" title="Henryville, Quebec">Henryville, Quebec</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Townships" title="Eastern Townships">Eastern Townships</a> of what was then known as <a href="/wiki/Canada_East" title="Canada East">Canada East</a>. He was baptized under the name Bartholomew Masterson.<sup id="cite_ref-census1870_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1870-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Masterson was the second child of Thomas Masterson (or Mastersan), who was born in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> to an Irish family, and Catherine McGurk (or McGureth), who was born in <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other six Masterson children were <a href="/wiki/Ed_Masterson" title="Ed Masterson">Edward John</a> (1852–1878), <a href="/wiki/James_Masterson" title="James Masterson">James Patrick</a> (1855–1895), Nellie E. (1857–1925), Thomas (1858–1941), George Henry (1860–1889), and Emma Anna "Minnie" (1862–1884). The children were raised on farms in <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a> until the family finally settled near <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Clavin_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clavin-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Move_to_the_frontier">Move to the frontier</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Move to the frontier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his late teens, Masterson and his brothers Ed and Jim left their family's farm to hunt <a href="/wiki/American_bison" title="American bison">buffalo</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a>. In July 1872, Ed and Bat Masterson were hired by a subcontractor named Raymond Ritter to grade a five-mile section of track for the <a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_%26_Santa_Fe_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad">Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad</a>. Ritter skipped out without paying the Masterson brothers all of the wages to which they were entitled. </p><p>It took Masterson nearly a year, but he finally collected his overdue wages from Ritter, at gunpoint. On April 15, 1873, Masterson learned that Ritter was due to arrive in <a href="/wiki/Dodge_City,_Kansas" title="Dodge City, Kansas">Dodge City, Kansas</a>, aboard a Santa Fe train and that Ritter was carrying a large roll of cash. When Ritter's train pulled in, Masterson entered the car alone and confronted him and marched him out onto the rear platform of the train, where he forced him to hand over the $300 owed to him, his brother Ed, and a friend named Theodore Raymond. A loud cheer then went up from a large crowd which had witnessed the event.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment1979_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 32–33">: 32–33 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_Adobe_Walls">Battle of Adobe Walls</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Battle of Adobe Walls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Adobe_Walls" title="Second Battle of Adobe Walls">Second Battle of Adobe Walls</a></div> <p>Masterson was once again engaged in buffalo hunting on June 27, 1874, when he became an involuntary participant in one of the Wild West's most celebrated Indian fights: <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Adobe_Walls" title="Second Battle of Adobe Walls">a five-day siege</a> by several hundred <a href="/wiki/Comanche" title="Comanche">Comanche</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiowa" title="Kiowa">Kiowa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne" title="Cheyenne">Cheyenne</a> warriors led by <a href="/wiki/Quanah_Parker" title="Quanah Parker">Quanah Parker</a> at a collection of ramshackle buildings in the <a href="/wiki/Texas_panhandle" title="Texas panhandle">Texas panhandle</a> known as Adobe Walls. Masterson was one of only 28 hunters who defended the outpost during the attack. The Comanche suffered the most losses during the battle, though the actual number killed is not known, with reports ranging from a low of 30 to a high of 70. The defenders of Adobe Walls lost only four men, one of whom shot himself by accident.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being fought to a standstill, Quanah Parker and his followers rode off.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In August 1874, Masterson signed on as a <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> scout with Colonel <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Miles" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson Miles">Nelson Miles</a>, who was leading a force from <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(United_States_Army_Post)" title="Fort Dodge (United States Army Post)">Fort Dodge</a> to pursue Comanche and <a href="/wiki/Apache" title="Apache">Apache</a> war parties across the <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_Strip" class="mw-redirect" title="Cherokee Strip">Cherokee Strip</a> and into <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. The force was eventually engaged to recover four sisters—ranging in age from 9 to 15—who had been captured by a group of <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne" title="Cheyenne">Cheyenne</a> <a href="/wiki/Dog_Soldiers" title="Dog Soldiers">Dog Soldiers</a>. The sisters were part of a family that had been attacked outside of <a href="/wiki/Ellis,_Kansas" title="Ellis, Kansas">Ellis, Kansas</a>, on September 11, 1874, while migrating to <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Territory" title="Colorado Territory">Colorado Territory</a>. Their parents, brother, and two older sisters had been killed and scalped. All four sisters were recovered alive by Miles' force over a period of about six months.<sup id="cite_ref-Clavin_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clavin-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gunfighter_and_lawman">Gunfighter and lawman</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gunfighter and lawman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wyatt_Earp_und_Bat_Masterson_1876.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Wyatt_Earp_und_Bat_Masterson_1876.jpg/200px-Wyatt_Earp_und_Bat_Masterson_1876.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Wyatt_Earp_und_Bat_Masterson_1876.jpg/300px-Wyatt_Earp_und_Bat_Masterson_1876.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Wyatt_Earp_und_Bat_Masterson_1876.jpg/400px-Wyatt_Earp_und_Bat_Masterson_1876.jpg 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="817" /></a><figcaption>Deputies Bat Masterson (standing) and <a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Earp" title="Wyatt Earp">Wyatt Earp</a> in Dodge City, 1876. The scroll on Earp's chest is a cloth pin-on badge.</figcaption></figure> <p>Masterson's first gunfight took place on January 24, 1876, in Sweetwater, Texas (later <a href="/wiki/Mobeetie,_Texas" title="Mobeetie, Texas">Mobeetie</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wheeler_County,_Texas" title="Wheeler County, Texas">Wheeler County</a>). He was attacked by a soldier, Corporal Melvin A. King (real name Anthony Cook) allegedly because he was with a woman named Mollie Brennan. Brennan was hit by one of King's bullets, possibly by accident, and was killed. King died of his wounds. Masterson was shot in the <a href="/wiki/Human_pelvis" class="mw-redirect" title="Human pelvis">pelvis</a> but recovered. This is the reason why he used a cane. The cane would become one of his famous trademarks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dodge_City">Dodge City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dodge City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masterson soon settled in Dodge City. On June 6, 1877, Masterson tried to prevent the arrest of Robert Gilmore, who was known to the locals as "Bobby Gill." Masterson managed to wrap his arms about the girth of the 315 pound city marshal, Lawrence Edward "Larry" Deger, thereby permitting Gill to escape. Masterson was grabbed by friends of Deger and <a href="/wiki/Pistol-whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Pistol-whip">pistol-whipped</a> by the lawman. The following day, Masterson was fined $25 for disturbing the peace. Bobby Gill, the cause of Masterson's fine, was assessed only $5.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During July 1877, Masterson was hired to serve as under-sheriff to Sheriff <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Bassett" title="Charlie Bassett">Charles E. Bassett</a>. Bassett was prohibited by the Kansas State Constitution from seeking a third consecutive term. With the job up for grabs, Masterson decided to run for the office. Masterson's opponent turned out to be Larry Deger. On November 6, 1877, Masterson was elected county sheriff of <a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Kansas" title="Ford County, Kansas">Ford County, Kansas</a>, by the narrow margin of three votes.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within a month of Masterson's election, on December 6, 1877, Ed Masterson replaced Larry Deger as city marshal of Dodge, so together the Masterson brothers controlled the city and county police forces.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Masterson_1852-1878.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Edward_Masterson_1852-1878.jpg/200px-Edward_Masterson_1852-1878.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Edward_Masterson_1852-1878.jpg/300px-Edward_Masterson_1852-1878.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Edward_Masterson_1852-1878.jpg/400px-Edward_Masterson_1852-1878.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="608" /></a><figcaption>Ed Masterson</figcaption></figure> <p>On February 1, 1878, Sheriff Masterson captured the notorious outlaws <a href="/wiki/Dave_Rudabaugh" title="Dave Rudabaugh">Dave Rudabaugh</a> and Ed West, who were wanted for an attempted train robbery. Two more of the train robbers were caught by Bat and brother Ed on March 15. The tandem law enforcement effort came to an abrupt end, however, when 25-year-old City Marshal Ed Masterson was shot and killed in the line of duty on April 9, 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-ed-killed-smithmag_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ed-killed-smithmag-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ed Masterson was mortally wounded by a cowboy named Jack Wagner, who was unaware that Bat Masterson was in the vicinity. As Ed stumbled away from the scene, Bat Masterson responded from across the street, firing on both Wagner and Wagner's boss, Alf Walker—who was holding a gun. Wagner died the next day, but Walker was taken back to Texas and recovered. The local newspapers were ambiguous about who shot Wagner and Walker, and this led some later historians to question whether Bat Masterson was involved. However, the rediscovery of two court cases in which Bat Masterson testified under oath that he had shot both men adds credence to the idea that Bat had avenged his brother.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment1979_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DeArment,_Robert_K._2005_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment,_Robert_K._2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More violence followed on October 4, 1878, when a <a href="/wiki/Concert_saloon" title="Concert saloon">variety actress</a> named <a href="/wiki/Dora_Hand" title="Dora Hand">Dora Hand</a>, known professionally as "Fannie Keenan," was shot and killed by James Kenedy, son of the wealthy Texas cattleman, <a href="/wiki/Mifflin_Kenedy" title="Mifflin Kenedy">Mifflin Kenedy</a>. Masterson's posse, which included <a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Earp" title="Wyatt Earp">Wyatt Earp</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Tilghman" title="Bill Tilghman">Bill Tilghman</a>, captured Kenedy the following day after Masterson shot him in the left arm, and other posse members killed his horse.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Gorge_Railroad_War">Royal Gorge Railroad War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Royal Gorge Railroad War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Gorge_Railroad_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Gorge Railroad War">Royal Gorge Railroad War</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WRIGHT(1913)_Bat_Masterson_(14783196015).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/WRIGHT%281913%29_Bat_Masterson_%2814783196015%29.jpg/250px-WRIGHT%281913%29_Bat_Masterson_%2814783196015%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="428" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/WRIGHT%281913%29_Bat_Masterson_%2814783196015%29.jpg/375px-WRIGHT%281913%29_Bat_Masterson_%2814783196015%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/WRIGHT%281913%29_Bat_Masterson_%2814783196015%29.jpg/500px-WRIGHT%281913%29_Bat_Masterson_%2814783196015%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1460" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption>Bat Masterson in 1879</figcaption></figure> <p>Santa Fe Railroad officials had wired Sheriff Bat Masterson asking him to recruit men to battle the forces of the <a href="/wiki/Denver_%26_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad">Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad</a>, which were contesting the right-of-way through the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Gorge" title="Royal Gorge">Royal Gorge</a> near <a href="/wiki/Pueblo,_Colorado" title="Pueblo, Colorado">Pueblo, Colorado</a>. As a sheriff in Kansas, Masterson had no authority in Colorado, but this did not prevent him from enlisting a large company of men. Among Masterson's recruits were such noted gunmen as <a href="/wiki/Ben_Thompson_(lawman)" title="Ben Thompson (lawman)">Ben Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysterious_Dave_Mather" title="Mysterious Dave Mather">"Mysterious Dave" Mather</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Joshua_Webb" title="John Joshua Webb">John Joshua Webb</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and possibly <a href="/wiki/Doc_Holliday" title="Doc Holliday">Doc Holliday</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The end of Masterson's involvement came on June 12, 1879, when he surrendered a roundhouse his men were holding at <a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%B1on_City,_Colorado" title="Cañon City, Colorado">Cañon City, Colorado</a>. The "war" between the railroads was finally settled out of court. Masterson's Colorado activities did not go over well with the voters of Ford County, Kansas. On November 4, 1879, a bartender named George T. Hinkel defeated Masterson in his re-election bid for sheriff by a vote of 404 to 268.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Billy_Thompson_and_Buffalo_Bill_Cody">Billy Thompson and Buffalo Bill Cody</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Billy Thompson and Buffalo Bill Cody"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1880 Dodge City census shows that, at that time, Masterson was living with Annie Ladue, age 19 (described as his "<a href="/wiki/Concubine" class="mw-redirect" title="Concubine">concubine</a>"). City Marshal James Masterson, Bat's younger brother, was listed on the same census as living with Minnie Roberts, age 16. Not long after this census was taken, Bat Masterson received a telegram from Ben Thompson asking Bat to save Ben's troublesome brother, Billy Thompson, from almost certain lynching in <a href="/wiki/Ogallala,_Nebraska" title="Ogallala, Nebraska">Ogallala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a>. Billy Thompson had shot the thumb off a man named Tucker, who, despite missing a digit, managed to fire back and seriously wound Billy. Masterson took Billy Thompson out of Ogallala by a midnight train bound for <a href="/wiki/North_Platte,_Nebraska" title="North Platte, Nebraska">North Platte</a>, Nebraska. In North Platte, Masterson was provided with assistance by <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bill_Cody" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo Bill Cody">William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody</a>, who promptly offered to help. According to Masterson, he and Billy Thompson "were given a royal welcome and were immediately taken in charge by Colonel Cody, who found a safe place for us to remain until he could outfit us for the trip across the country to Dodge City."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This episode was reported in the <i>Dodge City Times</i>, which noted that "W.B. Masterson arrived from a visit to Ogallala, this week. He says Nebraska is dry and many people are leaving the state. He came by wagon, and was accompanied by 'Texas Billy' Thompson. The latter has recovered from his wounds."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_the_plaza">Battle of the plaza</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Battle of the plaza"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Long_Branch_Saloon_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Long_Branch_Saloon_interior.jpg/250px-Long_Branch_Saloon_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Long_Branch_Saloon_interior.jpg/375px-Long_Branch_Saloon_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Long_Branch_Saloon_interior.jpg/500px-Long_Branch_Saloon_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="539" /></a><figcaption>Photograph of the interior of the <a href="/wiki/Long_Branch_Saloon" title="Long Branch Saloon">Long Branch Saloon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dodge_City,_Kansas" title="Dodge City, Kansas">Dodge City, Kansas</a>, taken between 1870 and 1885</figcaption></figure> <p>Masterson spent the remainder of 1880 in Kansas City and Dodge. On February 8, 1881, he left Dodge City and joined <a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Earp" title="Wyatt Earp">Wyatt Earp</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tombstone,_Arizona" title="Tombstone, Arizona">Tombstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Territory" title="Arizona Territory">Arizona Territory</a>, where he met <a href="/wiki/Luke_Short" title="Luke Short">Luke Short</a> for the first time. Earp, Short, and Masterson worked as <a href="/wiki/Faro_(card_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Faro (card game)">faro</a> dealers, or "look outs", at Tombstone's Oriental Saloon.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Masterson had only been in Tombstone for two months when he received an urgent telegram that compelled him to return to Dodge City. His brother <a href="/wiki/James_Masterson" title="James Masterson">Jim</a> had a partnership with Alfred James "A.J." Peacock in Dodge City's Lady Gay Saloon and Dance Hall. Albert "Al" Updegraff was Peacock's brother-in-law and bartender. Updegraff was a drunk, and Jim thought him dishonest. Jim had demanded that Peacock fire Updegraff, but Peacock refused. Their disagreement grew until threats were made, prompting the telegram.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Masterson arrived in Dodge City on April 16, 1881,<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment1979_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 442">: 442 </span></sup> where he accosted Updegraff and Peacock. Recognizing Masterson, Updegraff and Peacock retreated behind the jail and exchanged gunfire with him. Who had fired first is not clear. Citizens ran for cover as bullets ripped through the <a href="/wiki/Long_Branch_Saloon" title="Long Branch Saloon">Long Branch Saloon</a>. Other individuals began firing in support of both sides until Updegraff was wounded. Mayor A.B. Webster arrested Masterson. Afterward, Masterson learned that his brother Jim was not in danger. Updegraff recovered from his wounds, but the shooter who hit him could not be identified, so Masterson was fined $8.00 and released.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment1979_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 206">: 206 </span></sup> Citizens were outraged and warrants were issued, but Bat and Jim Masterson were permitted to leave Dodge City.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment1979_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 210">: 210 </span></sup> </p><p>Bat Masterson became more widely known as a gunfighter as a result of a practical joke played on a gullible newspaper reporter in August 1881. Seeking copy in <a href="/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado" title="Gunnison, Colorado">Gunnison, Colorado</a>, the reporter asked Dr. W.S. Cockrell about man-killers. Dr. Cockrell pointed to a young man nearby and said it was Masterson and that he had killed 26 men. Cockrell then regaled the reporter with the story of Ed Masterson's death and how Bat responded fearlessly and heroically against his brother's killers. The story was published in <a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(New_York_City)" title="The Sun (New York City)">The New York Sun</a> newspaper in New York (November 7, 1881) and was also widely reprinted in papers all over the country. Cockrell subsequently apologized to Masterson, who insisted he was not in Gunnison at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment,_Robert_K._2005_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment,_Robert_K._2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allegedly, long after he retired from being a law officer Masterson would buy old .45 six-guns and "sell" them to gullible persons as "relics" of his Gunfighting days.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ironically, Masterson did own several .45 guns during his lifetime.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although (excepting fighting Indians as a Buffalo Hunter and Army scout) Masterson was only involved in four incidents in which 2 men were killed and 2 wounded. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City_marshal_of_Trinidad,_Colorado"><span id="City_marshal_of_Trinidad.2C_Colorado"></span>City marshal of Trinidad, Colorado</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: City marshal of Trinidad, Colorado"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masterson was appointed city marshal of <a href="/wiki/Trinidad,_Colorado" title="Trinidad, Colorado">Trinidad, Colorado</a>, on April 17, 1882. He had hardly settled into his $75-a-month marshal's job when Wyatt Earp requested his help to prevent the extradition of Doc Holliday from Colorado to Arizona. Masterson took his case directly to Colorado Governor <a href="/wiki/Frederick_W._Pitkin" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick W. Pitkin">Frederick W. Pitkin</a>, who listened to Masterson's appeal and finally refused to grant Holliday's extradition. However, Masterson's rescue of Doc Holliday, as well as his nightly "moonlighting" as a faro dealer, spelled doom for his career as city marshal of Trinidad. On March 28, 1883, a local paper noted: "There are now two 'bankers' running for city offices—Mr. Taylor of the Las Animas County Bank, and Mr. Masterson of the bank of 'Fair O.' Both have a large number of depositors—one of time depositors and the other receives his deposits for keeps."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 3, 1883, Masterson was defeated by a lopsided vote of 637 to 248.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment1979_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 247">: 247 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dodge_City_War">Dodge City War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Dodge City War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dodge_City_War" title="Dodge City War">Dodge City War</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg/250px-DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg/375px-DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg/500px-DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="461" /></a><figcaption>The "Dodge City Peace Commission" on June 10, 1883. From left to right, standing: William H. Harris, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Short" title="Luke Short">Luke Short</a>, Bat Masterson, William F. Petillon; seated: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Bassett" title="Charlie Bassett">Charlie Bassett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Earp" title="Wyatt Earp">Wyatt Earp</a>, Michael Francis "Frank" McLean and Cornelius "Neil" Brown.</figcaption></figure> <p>Masterson's term as city marshal of Trinidad ended just in time for him to come to the aid of his friend, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Short" title="Luke Short">Luke Short</a>, who had been run out of Dodge City by the mayor and Masterson's long-time enemy, Larry Deger. Within weeks, a group of gunfighters recruited by Masterson and Earp descended upon Dodge City to resolve what became known as the "Dodge City War." The result of this gathering reinstated Luke Short in Dodge. Before disbanding on June 10, 1883, Short, Masterson, Earp, and five other notable men from frontier history posed for a group portrait that was soon labeled "The Dodge City Peace Commission." The photo became an iconic image of the Old West.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_attempt_at_journalism">First attempt at journalism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: First attempt at journalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masterson was back in Dodge City on November 1, 1884, where he issued a small newspaper called <i><a href="/wiki/Vox_Populi" class="mw-redirect" title="Vox Populi">Vox Populi</a></i> which was devoted to local political issues. Three days after its appearance, he received a flattering—and prophetic—review of his journalistic effort from another Dodge City paper which observed: "We are in receipt of the first number of <i>Vox Populi</i>, W.B. Masterson, editor, which in appearance is very neat and tidy. The news and statements it contains seem to be of a somewhat personal nature. The editor is very promising; if he survives the first week of his literary venture, there is no telling what he may accomplish in the journalistic field."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Editor Masterson did not survive his first week. <i>Vox Populi</i> folded after printing just one issue and almost another 20 years would pass before he made journalism a full-time profession in New York City. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Denver">Denver</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Denver"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masterson finally left Dodge City and made <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver, Colorado</a>, his center of interest, where he soon became involved in a divorce scandal. The trouble began in a Denver theater on September 18, 1886, when a comedian named Lou Spencer, who was performing on stage, spotted his wife, Nellie, seated in the audience on Masterson's knee. Spencer cut short his routine and confronted Masterson, who hit Spencer across the face with his pistol. Nellie Spencer watched from the wings while the two men slugged it out. Finally, they were arrested, fined, and released a short time later. In its account of the incident, the <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_News" title="Rocky Mountain News">Rocky Mountain News</a></i> described Masterson as one "who pleases the ladies", and Nellie McMahon Spencer as "a beautiful woman, with a fine wardrobe and a sweet voice."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days later, Nellie filed for divorce and the Denver papers were quick to report that Nellie had "eloped" with Masterson. No record has been found of the two ever getting married, and she soon disappeared from Masterson's life.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment2013_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment2013-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 38–39">: 38–39 </span></sup> </p><p>Masterson dealt faro for "Big Ed" Chase at the Arcade gambling house.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1888, he managed and then purchased the Palace Variety Theater.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There, Masterson probably first met an Indian club swinger and singer, Emma Moulton. The pair subsequently lived together and they were widely reported to have married in Denver on November 21, 1891. The only known source for that date was given by Masterson's brother, Thomas Masterson, years after Bat had died.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment2013_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment2013-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 40–41">: 40–41 </span></sup> Emma was not divorced from her first husband, Edwin Winford Moulton, until November 9, 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When they were later enumerated in the 1910 U.S. Census, Bat and Emma claimed that they had been married for 17 years, suggesting a marriage date of 1893. Masterson's biographer has raised the possibility that they were married on November 21, 1893, two weeks after Emma's divorce from Edwin Moulton. The two were traveling through the eastern states at that time, but an actual marriage record has not been found.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment2013_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment2013-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 41">: 41 </span></sup> </p><p>It was in Denver that Masterson met and began a long-term friendship with the infamous confidence man and crime boss <a href="/wiki/Soapy_Smith" title="Soapy Smith">Soapy Smith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1889, the two were involved in election scandal involving fraudulent registration ballot casting.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prizefighting">Prizefighting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Prizefighting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masterson maintained an interest in <a href="/wiki/Prizefighting" class="mw-redirect" title="Prizefighting">prizefighting</a> and other sports, and was known as a frequent attendee at boxing matches across the country. He frequently placed bets on the fights and occasionally served in an official capacity as a second or a timekeeper. He knew—and was known by—the heavyweight champions of the era, from <a href="/wiki/John_L._Sullivan" title="John L. Sullivan">John L. Sullivan</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_J._Corbett" title="James J. Corbett">James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett</a> to <a href="/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(boxer)" title="Jack Johnson (boxer)">Jack Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dempsey" title="Jack Dempsey">Jack Dempsey</a>. The sports-minded Masterson was ringside during the John L. Sullivan—<a href="/wiki/Jake_Kilrain" title="Jake Kilrain">Jake Kilrain</a> heavyweight championship fight at Richburg, Mississippi, on July 8, 1889. He was the designated timekeeper for Kilrain and came under fire from some sources for how he handled his role. Reportedly, Masterson saw to it that Luke Short, Johnny Murphy, and "twelve other good men were scattered around the ring where they would do the most good in case of an emergency."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 1892 Masterson moved to the silver boom-town of Creede, Colorado where he managed the Denver Exchange gambling club until the town was destroyed by fire on June 5, 1892. On September 7, 1892, Masterson, Short, and Charlie Bassett attended the Sullivan–Corbett championship fight in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>. According to a Dodge City paper, Masterson bet on the winner, Corbett, while noting, "Charlie Bassett and Luke Short were among the notables in attendance. Bassett bet his money on Sullivan."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Masterson was in <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a>, on January 25, 1894, acting as a second for Charlie Mitchell during Mitchell's heavyweight title shot at the champion, James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett. Mitchell was knocked cold in three rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment1979_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 342–343">: 342–343 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Last_years_in_Denver">Last years in Denver</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Last years in Denver"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masterson moved to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in 1895 to briefly serve as a bodyguard for millionaire <a href="/wiki/George_Jay_Gould_I" class="mw-redirect" title="George Jay Gould I">George Gould</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment2013_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment2013-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote to his Denver friends glowing accounts of fishing trips "...with the Goulds on their yacht..." and announced his intention to remain in New York City indefinitely. On June 6, 1895, a Denver paper quoted a friend of Masterson's, who observed that "Bat has at last fallen into a dead easy game."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Masterson returned to Denver for several more years.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 6, 1897, serving as a deputy sheriff of <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe County</a>, he got into a dispute on election day with a Tim Connors. Masterson drew his pistol and Connors attempted to seize it. During the scuffle, the gun discharged and C.C. Louderbaugh was shot in the left wrist.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment1979_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 346–347">: 346–347 </span></sup> </p><p>On April 9, 1899, Masterson became a partner in a <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a> club called the Colorado Athletic Association. Within a few days, Masterson was excluded from the organization by his partners. Masterson retaliated on April 18 by founding a rival club, the Olympic, with himself as president. Masterson received favorable media coverage from a Denver newspaper called <i>George's Weekly</i>, where he was employed as sports editor.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment1979_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 351–361, 363, 367">: 351–361, 363, 367 </span></sup> </p><p>In September 1900, Masterson sold his interest in the Olympic Athletic Club and made another visit to New York City. Masterson had decided to settle in New York City, but had a sudden change of heart and returned to Denver, with humiliating results.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment1979_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 361–363">: 361–363 </span></sup> Two conflicting versions are given for what caused his final departure from Denver. Masterson's story was that an irate woman belted him with an umbrella on May 2, 1902, when she took exception to an "undesirable" such as Masterson trying to cast his ballot at a local election. An alternative version states that Masterson had become a dangerous drunk who was run out of Denver for being a public nuisance.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whatever actually happened, Masterson left Denver and never returned. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_York">New York</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: New York"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Journalism_career">Journalism career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Journalism career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masterson and Emma moved to New York City on June 5, 1902. The next day, Masterson was having his shoes shined at a public stand when police swooped in and arrested a West Coast gambler named James A. Sullivan, who was standing nearby. They took Masterson, too, alleging he was part of a <a href="/wiki/Confidence_trick#Terminology" class="mw-redirect" title="Confidence trick">bunco</a> scheme to fleece a <a href="/wiki/Mormon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon">Mormon</a> elder named George H. Snow out of $16,000.<sup id="cite_ref-DeArment2013_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeArment2013-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 56–57">: 56–57 </span></sup> Masterson also had a concealed revolver. The bunco charge was dismissed. Masterson paid a $10 fine for the concealed weapon. About his arrest, Masterson complained to a reporter, "This fellow Gargan who arrested me is a warm baby—in his mind. He thinks all people are suckers. That's the trouble with these mush-headed coppers. Give them a political job to keep from starving and they think they own the earth."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A friend, journalist, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Henry_Lewis" title="Alfred Henry Lewis">Alfred Henry Lewis</a>, persuaded his brother, William Lewis, to provide Masterson with employment as a columnist for William's newspaper, the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Morning_Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Morning Telegraph">New York Morning Telegraph</a></i>. His column, "Masterson's Views on Timely Topics," concerned sports in general and boxing in particular. The column appeared thrice weekly from 1903 until his death in 1921. In 1905, Alfred Henry Lewis published <i>The Sunset Trail</i>, a fictionalized biography of Masterson.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bat_Masterson_Bain_News_Service.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bat_Masterson_Bain_News_Service.jpg/250px-Bat_Masterson_Bain_News_Service.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bat_Masterson_Bain_News_Service.jpg/375px-Bat_Masterson_Bain_News_Service.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bat_Masterson_Bain_News_Service.jpg/500px-Bat_Masterson_Bain_News_Service.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1061" data-file-height="714" /></a><figcaption>Bat Masterson circa 1911 in New York City</figcaption></figure> <p>Lewis encouraged Masterson to write a series of sketches about his adventures, which were published by Lewis in <i>Human Life</i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1907, Masterson provided five biographical studies of Ben Thompson,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wyatt Earp,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luke Short,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doc Holliday<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Bill Tilghman.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Masterson explained to his audience what he felt were the best properties of a gunfighter. Other articles were supposed to be in Masterson's<i> Human Life</i> series, which had appeared under the title of "Famous Gun Fighters of the Western Frontier", but the next three issues of <i>Human Life</i> came and went without a Masterson article. In the November 1907 issue, editor Alfred Henry Lewis assured the readers that Masterson would resume the series by explaining that Masterson's reasons for "breaking off the output" were "wholly of an idle, indolent, midsummer sort, which the managers of this magazine hope to overthrow so soon as a cooler temperature comes to the assistance of their arguments." Lewis offered this apology as part of his own article called "The King of the Gun-Players: William Barclay Masterson."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lewis met with only limited success. Masterson provided only one more article, on Buffalo Bill Cody,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was his final <i>Human Life</i> contribution. </p><p>Concurrent to his career as a newspaper writer, Masterson served as the timekeeper for many prize fights, most notably for the Jack Johnson—<a href="/wiki/Jess_Willard" title="Jess Willard">Jess Willard</a> title fight in <a href="/wiki/Havana,_Cuba" class="mw-redirect" title="Havana, Cuba">Havana, Cuba</a>, on April 5, 1915. A newsreel featuring the then 61-year-old Masterson's introduction in that role was included in a documentary called <i>Legendary Champions 1882–1929</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_appointment">Presidential appointment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Presidential appointment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alfred Henry Lewis introduced Masterson to President <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a>, and the two formed a friendship that resulted in Masterson being a frequent White House guest and also included regular correspondence. President Roosevelt arranged for Masterson's appointment as deputy <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marshal">U.S. Marshal</a> for the Southern District of New York. On February 2, 1905, Roosevelt wrote Masterson a letter which concluded with the lines: "You must be careful not to gamble or do anything while you are a public officer which might afford opportunity to your enemies and my critics to say that your appointment was improper. I wish you to show this letter to Alfred Henry Lewis and go over the matter with him."<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Masterson served in the position, earning $2,000 per year (equal to $67,822 today), until 1909. Theodore Roosevelt did not seek a third term in 1908, and his successor, <a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">William Howard Taft</a>, did not share Roosevelt's enthusiasm for Masterson. President Taft had his attorney general conduct an investigation of Masterson's employment as a deputy U.S. Marshal, which resulted in Masterson being terminated on August 1, 1909. For the remaining 12 years of his life, Masterson covered the major boxing events of that era for the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Morning_Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Morning Telegraph">New York Morning Telegraph</a></i>. </p><p>On April 5, 1915, the 61-year-old Masterson was in <a href="/wiki/Havana,_Cuba" class="mw-redirect" title="Havana, Cuba">Havana, Cuba</a>, attending the heavyweight championship fight between <a href="/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(boxer)" title="Jack Johnson (boxer)">Jack Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jess_Willard" title="Jess Willard">Jess Willard</a>. As he arrived, he posed for a newsreel cameraman. In the brief film clip, he doffs his hat, smiles for the camera, and dons his hat.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that day, in the official film of the fight, Masterson can be seen as one of the seconds for Jess Willard, climbing through the ropes just prior to the fight.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_days">Final days</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Final days"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 2, 1921, Masterson attended his last heavyweight championship fight, the so-called "Million Dollar Gate", promoted by <a href="/wiki/Tex_Rickard" title="Tex Rickard">George "Tex" Rickard</a>, in which <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dempsey" title="Jack Dempsey">Jack Dempsey</a> defended (and retained) his title of heavyweight champion of the world. Three months later, on October 7, silent-screen cowboy star <a href="/wiki/William_S._Hart" title="William S. Hart">William S. Hart</a> visited Masterson. They were photographed standing together on the roof of the <i>New York Morning Telegraph</i> building and went back to Masterson's office where he asked Hart to sit in his chair and pose for a second photo with him. According to Hart: "I did so, and he stood beside me. Mr. Masterson was sitting in that same chair eighteen days later when he heard the last call."<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hart subsequently cast a lookalike as Masterson in his biographical film <i>Wild Bill Hickok</i>, which was released in 1923.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_and_burial">Death and burial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Death and burial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bat_Masterson_Headstone_1024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Bat_Masterson_Headstone_1024.jpg/250px-Bat_Masterson_Headstone_1024.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Bat_Masterson_Headstone_1024.jpg/375px-Bat_Masterson_Headstone_1024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Bat_Masterson_Headstone_1024.jpg/500px-Bat_Masterson_Headstone_1024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="766" /></a><figcaption>The grave of Bat Masterson</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 25, 1921, at age 67, Masterson died at his desk from a massive heart attack after writing what became his final column for the <i>Morning Telegraph</i>. </p><p>His last column included this statement "I suppose these ginks who argue that ... because the rich man gets ice in the summer and the poor man gets it in the winter, things are breaking even for both. Maybe so, but I'll swear I can't see it that way."<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About 500 people attended Masterson's service at Frank E. Campbell's Funeral Church at Broadway and 66th Street. Masterson's honorary pallbearers included <a href="/wiki/Damon_Runyon" title="Damon Runyon">Damon Runyon</a>, Tex Rickard, and William Lewis. Runyon was a close friend of Masterson's and offered this memorable eulogy: "He was a 100 percent, 22-karat real man. Bat was a good hater and a wonderful friend. He was always stretching out his hand to some down-and-outer. He had a great sense of humor and a marvelous fund of reminiscence, and was one of the most entertaining companions we have ever known. There are only too few men in the world like Bat Masterson and his death is a genuine loss."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Masterson was buried at <a href="/wiki/Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Bronx)" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx)">Woodlawn Cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">the Bronx</a>. His first name, Bartholemew, does not appear on his gravestone, which is inscribed "William Barclay Masterson" (see photo), appears above his epitaph on the large granite grave marker. Masterson's epitaph states that he was "Loved by Everyone".<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EB_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may contain <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">irrelevant</a> references to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections#"In_popular_culture"_and_"Cultural_references"_material" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections">popular culture</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help Wikipedia to <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit">improve this section</a> by removing the content or adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citations</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">independent sources</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Masterson's life has been portrayed in countless works of fiction and non-fiction in film, television, literature, and other popular media. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels_and_comic_books">Novels and comic books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Novels and comic books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BatMastersonNo3pp0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/BatMastersonNo3pp0.jpg/220px-BatMastersonNo3pp0.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/BatMastersonNo3pp0.jpg/330px-BatMastersonNo3pp0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/BatMastersonNo3pp0.jpg/440px-BatMastersonNo3pp0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="955" data-file-height="1380" /></a><figcaption>Front cover of <i>Bat Masterson</i> number 3 (<a href="/wiki/Dell_Comics" title="Dell Comics">Dell Comics</a>, June 1960), featuring a publicity still of <a href="/wiki/Gene_Barry" title="Gene Barry">Gene Barry</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Eleven years after Masterson's death, a collection of Damon Runyon's short stories was published under the title <i>Guys and Dolls</i>. These stories later formed the basis for the classic 1950 <a href="/wiki/Guys_and_Dolls" title="Guys and Dolls">musical comedy of the same name</a>. The central character in Runyon's <i>Guys and Dolls</i> was a <a href="/wiki/High_roller" title="High roller">high-rolling gambler</a> from Colorado whom Runyon barely disguised under the name of Sky Masterson.</li> <li>Because of his reputation as a fearless gunslinger, Masterson's presence at a poker game spoils an attempted holdup in <i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Win_(book)" title="You Can't Win (book)">You Can't Win</a></i>, the autobiography of professional criminal <a href="/wiki/Jack_Black_(author)" title="Jack Black (author)">Jack Black</a>.</li> <li>Bat Masterson, along with many other historical figures of the time, is a character in the novel <i>The Buntline Special</i> (2010) by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Resnick" title="Mike Resnick">Mike Resnick</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dell_Comics" title="Dell Comics">Dell Comics</a> published a short-lived <a href="/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> based on the television series. The first issue was published as <i><a href="/wiki/Four_Color_Comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Color Comics">Four Color Comics</a></i> #1013, followed by <i>Bat Masterson</i> #2–9 (1960–1962). All the issues had photographic covers. The stories were scripted by <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_DuBois" title="Gaylord DuBois">Gaylord DuBois</a>.</li> <li>The 1986 novel <i>The Ham Reporter</i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Randisi" title="Robert J. Randisi">Robert J. Randisi</a> features Bat Masterson as an investigating newspaperman.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The comic series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_and_Times_of_Scrooge_McDuck" title="The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck">The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck</a></i> by Don Rosa portrayed Masterson alongside Wyatt Earp, <a href="/wiki/Soapy_Smith" title="Soapy Smith">Soapy Smith</a>, and hanging <a href="/wiki/Judge_Roy_Bean" class="mw-redirect" title="Judge Roy Bean">Judge Roy Bean</a>.</li> <li>The 2011 novel <i>The Gunsmith</i> #351 (The Trial of Bat Masterson) by <a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Randisi" title="Robert J. Randisi">Robert J. Randisi</a> describes a time in which fictional character Clint Adams comes to the aid of his friend Bat Masterson, who has been wrongly accused of murder and is being pursued by the "victim's" brother. Many references are made to Masterson as one of Adams' closest friends throughout the series.</li> <li>The 2015 novel <i>And the Wind Whispered</i> by Dan Jorgensen features Bat Masterson as one of the key characters in a book set in 1894 <a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs,_South_Dakota" title="Hot Springs, South Dakota">Hot Springs, South Dakota</a>. In it, he joins forces with famed reporter <a href="/wiki/Nellie_Bly" title="Nellie Bly">Nellie Bly</a> and Sheriff <a href="/wiki/Seth_Bullock" title="Seth Bullock">Seth Bullock</a> to help thwart an outlaw gang's incursion on the city and attempts to rob visiting (and vacationing) dignitaries in the southern Black Hills community.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Dekker" title="Albert Dekker">Albert Dekker</a> portrayed Bat Masterson in the 1943 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Woman_of_the_Town" title="The Woman of the Town">The Woman of the Town</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Scott" title="Randolph Scott">Randolph Scott</a> portrayed Masterson in the 1947 film <i><a href="/wiki/Trail_Street" title="Trail Street">Trail Street</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Darrell" title="Steve Darrell">Steve Darrell</a> portrayed Masterson (uncredited) in the 1950 film <i><a href="/wiki/Winchester_73" class="mw-redirect" title="Winchester 73">Winchester 73</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ferguson" title="Frank Ferguson">Frank Ferguson</a> portrayed Masterson in the 1951 film <i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_(film)" title="Santa Fe (film)">Santa Fe</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Montgomery_(actor)" title="George Montgomery (actor)">George Montgomery</a> portrayed Masterson in the 1954 film <i><a href="/wiki/Masterson_of_Kansas" title="Masterson of Kansas">Masterson of Kansas</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Larsen" title="Keith Larsen">Keith Larsen</a> portrayed Masterson in the 1955 film <i><a href="/wiki/Wichita_(1955_film)" title="Wichita (1955 film)">Wichita</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Tobey" title="Kenneth Tobey">Kenneth Tobey</a> portrayed Masterson in the 1957 film <i><a href="/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral_(film)" title="Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)">Gunfight at the O.K. Corral</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_McCrea" title="Joel McCrea">Joel McCrea</a> portrayed Masterson in the 1959 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gunfight_at_Dodge_City" title="The Gunfight at Dodge City">The Gunfight at Dodge City</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Sizemore" title="Tom Sizemore">Tom Sizemore</a> portrayed Masterson in the 1994 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Earp_(film)" title="Wyatt Earp (film)">Wyatt Earp</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Dallas" title="Matt Dallas">Matt Dallas</a> portrayed Masterson in the 2012 film <i><a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Earp%27s_Revenge" title="Wyatt Earp's Revenge">Wyatt Earp's Revenge</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gene_Barry_Bat_Masterson_Tombstone_Arizona_1960.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Gene_Barry_Bat_Masterson_Tombstone_Arizona_1960.JPG/220px-Gene_Barry_Bat_Masterson_Tombstone_Arizona_1960.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Gene_Barry_Bat_Masterson_Tombstone_Arizona_1960.JPG/330px-Gene_Barry_Bat_Masterson_Tombstone_Arizona_1960.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Gene_Barry_Bat_Masterson_Tombstone_Arizona_1960.JPG/440px-Gene_Barry_Bat_Masterson_Tombstone_Arizona_1960.JPG 2x" data-file-width="742" data-file-height="962" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gene_Barry" title="Gene Barry">Gene Barry</a> as Masterson in <i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Masterson_(TV_series)" title="Bat Masterson (TV series)">Bat Masterson</a></i> (1959)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mason_Alan_Dinehart" title="Mason Alan Dinehart">Mason Alan Dinehart III</a> played Masterson from 1955 to 1959 in 34 episodes of the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> Western series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_and_Legend_of_Wyatt_Earp" title="The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp">The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Hugh_O%27Brian" title="Hugh O'Brian">Hugh O'Brian</a> in the title role.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Masterson_(TV_series)" title="Bat Masterson (TV series)">Bat Masterson</a></i> was an American television series loosely based on the historical character. Masterson was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Barry" title="Gene Barry">Gene Barry</a>. <i>Bat Masterson</i> aired on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> in 108 episodes from October 8, 1958, to June 1, 1961, and featured Masterson as a superbly dressed gambler, generally outfitted in a black suit and derby hat, who was more inclined to "bat" crooks over the head with his gold-knobbed cane than shoot them. Hundreds of thousands of plastic derby hats and canes were sold as children's toys during the show's run.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Animators <a href="/wiki/William_Hanna" title="William Hanna">William Hanna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Barbera" title="Joseph Barbera">Joseph Barbera</a> satirized Masterson in a 1964 <i><a href="/wiki/Punkin%27_Puss_and_Mushmouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse">Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse</a></i> cartoon, "Bat Mouseterson", in which Mushmouse's city-dwelling, cane-wielding cousin comes to hill country for a visit and teaches Mushmouse the gentleman's way of warding off Punkin' Puss.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Beale_(actor)" title="Richard Beale (actor)">Richard Beale</a> portrayed Bat Masterson in the 1966 <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> serial <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gunfighters" title="The Gunfighters">The Gunfighters</a></i>, which depicts the events leading to and including the famous O.K. Corral gunfight.</li> <li>A character called "Bat Masterson" appears in the 1980s Western series <i><a href="/wiki/Bordertown_(1989_TV_series)" title="Bordertown (1989 TV series)">Bordertown</a></i> in the episode "Nebraska Lightning", where he helps the fictional characters U.S. Marshal Jack Craddock and Canadian Northwest Mountie Corporal Clive Bennett take on the Nebraska Lightning Gang.</li> <li>In one episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Beakman%27s_World" title="Beakman's World">Beakman's World</a></i>, Beakman portrayed himself in a short film as Masterson when teaching about how actors do not injure themselves when doing things that are meant to cause injury.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Barry" title="Gene Barry">Gene Barry</a> reprised his role as Masterson in the episode "A Gathering of Guns" (1987) on the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Guns_of_Paradise" class="mw-redirect" title="Guns of Paradise">Guns of Paradise</a></i> (Hugh O'Brian also reprised his role as Wyatt Earp).</li> <li>A man claiming to be Bat Masterson, portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Bosco" title="Philip Bosco">Philip Bosco</a> and credited as Mike Killabrew, appears in the series <i><a href="/wiki/Early_Edition" title="Early Edition">Early Edition</a></i> in a 1997 episode titled "Bat Masterson".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A character called Bat Masterson, portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Ogg" title="Steven Ogg">Steven Ogg</a>, appears in the 2014 <i><a href="/wiki/Murdoch_Mysteries" title="Murdoch Mysteries">Murdoch Mysteries</a></i> episode "<a href="/wiki/List_of_Murdoch_Mysteries_episodes#Season_8_(2014–2015)" title="List of Murdoch Mysteries episodes">Glory Days</a>", going to Toronto in pursuit of famous outlaws and clashing with the local constabulary's style of investigation.</li> <li>A character called Bat Masterson is played by <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Le_Nevez" title="Matthew Le Nevez">Matthew Le Nevez</a> in the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Lifetime_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifetime (TV network)">Lifetime</a> TV series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lizzie_Borden_Chronicles" title="The Lizzie Borden Chronicles">The Lizzie Borden Chronicles</a></i>, a counter-history to the legend of <a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Borden" title="Lizzie Borden">Lizzie Borden</a>.</li> <li>Bat Masterson is played by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Elliott_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Elliott (actor) (page does not exist)">Jack Elliott</a> in the 2021 <a href="/wiki/INSP_(TV_network)" title="INSP (TV network)">INSP</a> TV series <i>Wild West Chronicles</i>, a retelling of true stories behind the West's incredible events.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gaming">Gaming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Gaming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In the 2004 video game <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Dead_Revolver" title="Red Dead Revolver">Red Dead Revolver</a></i>, the character of Jack Swift is based on Bat Masterson.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>In <i>Sidewinder: Wild West Adventures</i>, both original quotations and fictional quotations attributed to Bat Masterson are used throughout the rulebook.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Bat Masterson is used as a <a href="/wiki/Non-player_character" title="Non-player character">non-player character</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Pirate101" title="Pirate101">Pirate101</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Bat Masterson makes an appearance as a railroad manager in <i><a href="/wiki/Railroad_Tycoon_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad Tycoon 2">Railroad Tycoon 2</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Railroad_Tycoon_3" title="Railroad Tycoon 3">Railroad Tycoon 3</a></i>. As the railroad's chairman, a player can choose to employ him and enjoy a lower incidence rate of costly <a href="/wiki/Train_robberies" class="mw-redirect" title="Train robberies">train robberies</a> while Masterson is employed.<sup id="cite_ref-IGNReview_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGNReview-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theater">Theater</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Theater"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Masterson plays an important role in the play <i>Bat Masterson's Creede</i>, a play written by Tony Clark about Masterson and the important role he played in the silver boomtown of <a href="/wiki/Creede,_Colorado" title="Creede, Colorado">Creede, Colorado</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gray_County_War" title="Gray County War">Gray County War</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Other dates are cited in some Colin sources, but his baptism is recorded in the Quebec Archives in a record dated 27 November 1853, making it clear that he was born the previous day. (See DeArment, Robert K., <i>Bat Masterson, The Man and the Legend</i>, University of Oklahoma Press, 1979, pp. 9–10.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bat Masterson later claimed on a U.S. census form that he was born in <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> or <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, but that was probably because he had never bothered to become naturalized despite having voted and held public office.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">William Olds accidentally shot himself in the head as he was descending a ladder. William "Billy" Tyler was killed by the Indians, and two brothers, Isaac and Jacob Scheidler, were sleeping in their wagon when the Indians attacked and killed them.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Masterson defeated his opponent, Lawrence Edward "Larry" Deger, by a vote of 166 to 163.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">On July 21, 1883, <i>The National Police Gazette</i> published an engraving based upon the iconic group photograph taken by Charles A. Conkling just 41 days earlier. It was the first occasion that a version of this group portrait was reproduced for a wide audience and the first time it was provided with the caption by which it remains best known, "The Dodge City Peace Commission".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The full title of the magazine was <i>Human Life: The Magazine About People Edited by Alfred Henry Lewis.</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bat_Masterson&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLaughead" class="citation web cs1">Laughead, George. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kansashistory.us/fordco/batmasterson.html">"W. 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(2005) <i>Broadway Bat: Gunfighter in Gotham</i> (Talei Publishers)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Penn, Chris. "Gunfire in Dodge City: The Night Ed Masterson Was Killed". <i>Wild West</i>. December 2004.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Dodge City Times</i>, October 12, 1878.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Dodge City Times</i>, November 8, 1879. no link found</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Masterson, W.B. "Bat." "Colonel Cody – Hunter, Scout, Indian Fighter." <i>Human Life</i>. Vol. 6, No.6. March 1908.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Dodge City Times</i>, July 17, 1880.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elman "Fired In Anger".p. 315</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">.45 Colt #112737 bought July 20, 1885 (Elaman "Fired in Anger", pp. 308–309); .45 Colt # 109319 bought October 1885 (Louis Garavaglia "Firearms of the American West 1866–1894". p. 292} .45 Colt #126770 bought July 1888 {Auction May 14, 2021)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Trinidad Daily Advertiser</i>, March 28, 1883.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Globe Live Stock Journal</i>, November 4, 1884.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Rocky Mountain News</i>, September 22, 1886.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DeArment2013-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DeArment2013_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DeArment2013_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DeArment2013_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DeArment2013_24-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DeArment2013_24-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">DeArment, Robert K. 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"Bat Masterson's Emma." <i>Wild West Historical Association Journal</i>, Volume IV Number 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Smith, Jeff (2009). <i>Alias Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel</i>, Klondike Research. p. 84. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9819743-0-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-9819743-0-9">0-9819743-0-9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Rocky Mountain News</i> 03/20/1890 & 03/15/1890, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i>, July 13, 1889.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Dodge City Globe-Republican</i>, September 9, 1892.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Rocky Mountain News</i>, June 6, 1895.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1900 United States Federal Census Record, Arapahoe, Denver, Precinct #3; text summary: William Masterson, birthplace of Missouri and birth-date of 1854; holding an occupation as Athletic Club Keeper. His wife is listed as Emma Masterson, married for 10 years.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Raine, William McLeod. <i>Guns of the Frontier</i>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1940. pp. 167–169.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>New York World</i>, June 8, 1902.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lewis, Alfred Henry. <i>The Sunset Trail: A Novel</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/A._L._Burt" title="A. L. Burt">A. L. 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Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Widener Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">DeMattos, Jack. <i>Masterson and Roosevelt</i>. College Station, TX: Creative Publishing Company. 1984. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-932702-31-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-932702-31-7">0-932702-31-7</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Boxing's Best: Jack Johnson</i>, HBO Sports Presentation. Big Fights, Inc., 1989. VHS Tape, 55 minutes. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55983-158-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-55983-158-8">1-55983-158-8</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hart, William S. <i>My Life East and West</i>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1929. p. 307.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">as quoted in Mariana Gosnell, Ice, p. 389</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Bat Masterson Dies at Editor's Desk. Sporting Writer and Last of Oldtime Western Gun Fighters Was 67. Beat in Long Siege. Deputy <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marshal">U.S. Marshal</a> for Southern District of New York Under His Friend, Colonel Roosevelt". <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. October 26, 1921. <q>William Barclay Masterson, better known as Bat Masterson, sporting writer, friend of Theodore Roosevelt and former sheriff of Dodge City, Kansas, died suddenly yesterday while writing an article at his desk in the office of <i>The Morning Telegraph</i>.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Bat+Masterson+Dies+at+Editor%27s+Desk.+Sporting+Writer+and+Last+of+Oldtime+Western+Gun+Fighters+Was+67.+Beat+in+Long+Siege.+Deputy+U.S.+Marshal+for+Southern+District+of+New+York+Under+His+Friend%2C+Colonel+Roosevelt.&rft.date=1921-10-26&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABat+Masterson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EB-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EB_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061111045007/http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9371506/Bat-Masterson">"Bat Masterson"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a>. 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"That Masterson–McDonald Standoff." <i>True West</i>, January 1998.</li> <li>DeArment, Robert K. "Bat Masterson and the Boxing Club War of Denver." <i>Colorado Heritage</i>, Autumn 2000.</li> <li>DeArment, Robert K. "Bat Masterson in New York City." <i>Wild West</i>, June 2001.</li> <li>DeArment, Robert K. "Bat Masterson's Femmes Fatales." <i>True West</i>, October 2001.</li> <li>DeArment, Robert K. "Bat Masterson Myths." <i>Wild West</i>, June 2004.</li> <li>DeMattos, Jack. "The President and the Gunfighter," <i>True West</i>, February 1976.</li> <li>DeMattos, Jack. "Those Guns of Bat Masterson," <i>Frontier Times</i>, March 1977.</li> <li>DeMattos, Jack. "Gunfighters of the Real West: Bat Masterson," <i>Real West</i>, February 1985.</li> <li>DeMattos, Jack. "Between Pals: A Missive Between Presidential Gunfighters." <i>Quarterly of the National Association for Outlaw and Lawman History</i>, July–September 1993.</li> <li>Earp, Wyatt. "Wyatt Earp's Tribute to Bat Masterson, the Hero of 'Dobe Walls," <i>San Francisco Examiner</i>, Sunday, August 16, 1896.</li> <li>Lewis, Alfred Henry. "William Barclay Masterson: An Adventure Story with a Live Hero." <i>Texas Magazine</i>. March 1913.</li> <li>Masterson, W.B. (Bat). "Alfred Henry Lewis Lived in Action He Penned." <i>New York Morning Telegraph</i>, November 11, 1917.</li> <li>Masterson, W.B. (Bat). <i>Famous Gun Fighters of the Western Frontier</i>. (The 75th Anniversary Edition Annotated and Illustrated by Jack DeMattos). Monroe, WA: Weatherford Press. 1982. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9604078-1-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-9604078-1-2">0-9604078-1-2</a></li> <li>Miller, Nyle H. and Snell, Joseph W. <i>Why the West Was Wild</i>. Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society. 1963.</li> <li>O'Connor, Richard. <i>Bat Masterson: The Biography of one of the West's Most Famous Gunfighters and Marshals</i>. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1957.</li> <li>Palmquist, Bob. "Who Killed Jack Wagner?" <i>True West</i>. October 1993.</li> <li>Penn, Chris. "A Note on Bartholomew Masterson," <i>English Westerners Brand Book</i>. Vol. IX, No. 3. April 1967.</li> <li>Penn, Chris. "Gunfire in Dodge City. The Night Ed Masterson Was Killed." <i>Wild West</i>. December 2004.</li> <li>Penn, Chris. "Bat Masterson's Emma." <i>Wild West History Association Journal</i>. April 2011.</li> <li>Roberts, Gary L. "Bat Masterson and the Sweetwater Shootout." <i>Wild West</i>. October 2000.</li> <li>Thompson, George C. <i>Bat Masterson: The Dodge City Years</i>. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant. 1943.</li> <li>Wiltsey, Norman B. "A Man Called Bat," <i>True West</i>. 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title="Kumeyaay">Kumeyaay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutenai" title="Kutenai">Kutenai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakota_people" title="Lakota people">Lakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape (Delaware)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandan" title="Mandan">Mandan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maricopa_people" title="Maricopa people">Maricopa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modoc_people" title="Modoc people">Modoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohave_people" title="Mohave people">Mohave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muscogee" title="Muscogee">Muscogee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navajo" title="Navajo">Navajo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nez_Perce" title="Nez Perce">Nez Perce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Paiute_people" title="Northern Paiute people">Northern Paiute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuu-chah-nulth" title="Nuu-chah-nulth">Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawnee_people" title="Pawnee people">Pawnee</a></li> <li><a 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Knife">Bloody Knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Joseph" title="Chief Joseph">Chief Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochise" title="Cochise">Cochise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stand_Watie" title="Stand Watie">Degataga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Porter" title="Pleasant Porter">Crazy Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crazy_Horse" title="Crazy Horse">Crazy Horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitto_Harjo" title="Chitto Harjo">Crazy Snake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangas_Coloradas" title="Mangas Coloradas">Dasoda-hae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geronimo" title="Geronimo">Geronimo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Ridge" title="Major Ridge">Ganundalegi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irataba" title="Irataba">Irataba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Wright" title="Allen Wright">Kiliahote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuelito" title="Manuelito">Manuelito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massai" title="Massai">Massai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plenty_Coups" title="Plenty 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title="Washakie">Washakie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Explorers<br />and <a href="/wiki/American_pioneer" title="American pioneer">pioneers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boone" title="Daniel Boone">Daniel Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bozeman" title="John Bozeman">John Bozeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bridger" title="Jim Bridger">Jim Bridger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_V%C3%A9lez_Cachup%C3%ADn" title="Tomás Vélez Cachupín">Tomás Vélez Cachupín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Clark" title="William Clark">William Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davy_Crockett" title="Davy Crockett">Davy Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donner_Party" title="Donner Party">Donner Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont" title="John C. Frémont">John C. Frémont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liver-Eating_Johnson" title="Liver-Eating Johnson">Liver-Eating Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meriwether_Lewis" title="Meriwether Lewis">Meriwether Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mayer" title="Joe Mayer">Joe Mayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_John_Murphy" title="William John Murphy">William John Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wesley_Powell" title="John Wesley Powell">John Wesley Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Rivera_(explorer)" title="Juan Rivera (explorer)">Juan Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Ruggles" title="Levi Ruggles">Levi Ruggles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_Smith" title="Jedediah Smith">Jedediah Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Swilling" title="Jack Swilling">Jack Swilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_Swilling" title="Trinidad Swilling">Trinidad Swilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Rush_Weed" title="Ora Rush Weed">Ora Rush Weed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richens_Lacey_Wootton" title="Richens Lacey Wootton">Richens Lacey Wootton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wickenburg" title="Henry Wickenburg">Henry Wickenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Bill_Williams" title="Old Bill Williams">"Old Bill" Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lawmen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elfego_Baca" title="Elfego Baca">Elfego Baca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Bassett" title="Charlie Bassett">Charlie Bassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Bean" title="Roy Bean">Roy Bean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Earp" title="Morgan Earp">Morgan Earp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Earp" title="Virgil Earp">Virgil Earp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Earp" title="Wyatt Earp">Wyatt Earp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Garfias" title="Henry Garfias">Henry Garfias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Garrett" title="Pat Garrett">Pat Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Helm" title="Jack Helm">Jack Helm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok" title="Wild Bill Hickok">"Wild Bill" Hickok</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bat Masterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mysterious_Dave_Mather" title="Mysterious Dave Mather">"Mysterious Dave" Mather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_Reeves" title="Bass Reeves">Bass Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Scarborough_(cowboy)" title="George Scarborough (cowboy)">George Scarborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Selman" title="John Selman">John Selman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Horton_Slaughter" title="John Horton Slaughter">John Horton Slaughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Tilghman" title="Bill Tilghman">William "Bill" Tilghman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Timberlake" title="James Timberlake">James Timberlake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_C._Wheeler" title="Harry C. Wheeler">Harry C. Wheeler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Outlaws</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid" title="Billy the Kid">Billy the Kid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Bart_(outlaw)" title="Black Bart (outlaw)">Black Bart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Brocius" title="William Brocius">"Curly Bill" Brocius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butch_Cassidy" title="Butch Cassidy">Butch Cassidy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Clanton" title="Billy Clanton">Billy Clanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ike_Clanton" title="Ike Clanton">Ike Clanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalton_Gang" title="Dalton Gang">Dalton Brothers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grat_Dalton" title="Grat Dalton">Grat</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_M._Dalton" title="William M. Dalton">Bill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dalton" title="Bob Dalton">Bob</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emmett_Dalton" title="Emmett Dalton">Emmett</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Doolin" title="Bill Doolin">Bill Doolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Downing" title="Bill Downing">Bill Downing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wesley_Hardin" title="John Wesley Hardin">John Wesley Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Ringo" title="Johnny Ringo">Johnny Ringo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_James" title="Jesse James">Jesse James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_James" title="Frank James">Frank James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ketchum" title="Tom Ketchum">Tom Ketchum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McLaury" title="Frank McLaury">Frank McLaury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McLaury" title="Tom McLaury">Tom McLaury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Murrieta" title="Joaquin Murrieta">Joaquin Murrieta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Starr" title="Belle Starr">Belle Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soapy_Smith" title="Soapy Smith">Soapy Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundance_Kid" title="Sundance Kid">Sundance Kid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James-Younger_Gang" class="mw-redirect" title="James-Younger Gang">Younger Brothers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cole_Younger" title="Cole Younger">Cole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Younger" title="Bob Younger">Bob</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Younger" title="Jim Younger">Jim</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Younger" title="John Younger">John</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soldiers<br />and scouts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Russell_Burnham" title="Frederick Russell Burnham">Frederick Russell Burnham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_Carson" title="Kit Carson">Kit Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bill" title="Buffalo Bill">"Buffalo Bill" Cody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Jack_Omohundro" title="Texas Jack Omohundro">Texas Jack Omohundro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_C._Cooney" title="James C. Cooney">James C. Cooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Crook" title="George Crook">George Crook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer" title="George Armstrong Custer">George Armstrong Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexis_Godey" title="Alexis Godey">Alexis Godey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_P._Heintzelman" title="Samuel P. Heintzelman">Samuel P. Heintzelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Horn" title="Tom Horn">Tom Horn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calamity_Jane" title="Calamity Jane">Calamity Jane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Kelly" title="Luther Kelly">Luther Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranald_S._Mackenzie" title="Ranald S. Mackenzie">Ranald S. Mackenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Reynolds" title="Charley Reynolds">Charley Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Sheridan" title="Philip Sheridan">Philip Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Sieber" title="Al Sieber">Al Sieber</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor" title="John Jacob Astor">John Jacob Astor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Boring" title="William H. Boring">William H. Boring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_R._Davis" title="Jonathan R. Davis">Jonathan R. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Flavel" title="George Flavel">George Flavel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._S._Fly" title="C. S. Fly">C. S. Fly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Joel_Glanton" title="John Joel Glanton">John Joel Glanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_E._Goodfellow" title="George E. Goodfellow">George E. Goodfellow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Holliday" title="Doc Holliday">Doc Holliday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zephaniah_Kingsley" title="Zephaniah Kingsley">Zephaniah Kingsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Kinman" title="Seth Kinman">Seth Kinman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octaviano_Ambrosio_Larrazolo" title="Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo">Octaviano Larrazolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Love" title="Nat Love">Nat Love</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Mowry" title="Sylvester Mowry">Sylvester Mowry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Norton" title="Emperor Norton">Emperor Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Oakley" title="Annie Oakley">Annie Oakley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedona_Schnebly" title="Sedona Schnebly">Sedona Schnebly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_William_Sweeny" title="Thomas William Sweeny">Thomas William Sweeny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Lebeck" title="Peter Lebeck">Peter Lebeck</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_lifestyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Western lifestyle">Frontier culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_bison" title="American bison">American bison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbed_wire" title="Barbed wire">Barbed wire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boot_Hill" title="Boot Hill">Boot Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattle_drives_in_the_United_States" title="Cattle drives in the United States">Cattle drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_poetry" title="Cowboy poetry">Cowboy poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattle_raiding" title="Cattle raiding">Cattle rustling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattle_towns" class="mw-redirect" title="Cattle towns">Cow town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fast_draw" title="Fast draw">Fast draw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">Ghost town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunfighter#Famous_gunfights" title="Gunfighter">Gunfights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Acts" title="Homestead Acts">Homesteading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_run" title="Land run">Land rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manifest_destiny" title="Manifest destiny">Manifest destiny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonshine" title="Moonshine">Moonshine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One-room_school" title="One-room school">One-room schoolhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Rendezvous" title="Rocky Mountain Rendezvous">Rocky Mountain Rendezvous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodeo" title="Rodeo">Rodeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach" title="Stagecoach">Stagecoach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Train_robbery" title="Train robbery">Train robbery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigilantism" title="Vigilantism">Vigilante justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_saloon" title="Western saloon">Western saloon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tack_piano" title="Tack piano">Tack piano</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_the_United_States" title="Territorial evolution of the United States">Westward expansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_West_shows" title="Wild West shows">Wild West shows</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transport<br />and trails</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barlow_Road" title="Barlow Road">Barlow Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bozeman_Trail" title="Bozeman Trail">Bozeman Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfield_Overland_Mail" title="Butterfield Overland Mail">Butterfield Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Trail" title="California Trail">California Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chisholm_Trail" title="Chisholm Trail">Chisholm Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Platte_River_Road" title="Great Platte River Road">Great Platte River Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Cattle_Trail" title="Great Western Cattle Trail">Great Western Cattle Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lolo_Pass_(Oregon)" title="Lolo Pass (Oregon)">Lolo Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meek_Cutoff" title="Meek Cutoff">Meek Cutoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_Trail" title="Mormon Trail">Mormon Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Trail" title="Oregon Trail">Oregon Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express">Pony Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_Trail" title="Santa Fe Trail">Santa Fe Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Emigrant_Trail" title="Southern Emigrant Trail">Southern Emigrant Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanner_Trail" title="Tanner Trail">Tanner Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_transcontinental_railroad" title="First transcontinental railroad">First transcontinental railroad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Folklore_of_the_United_States" title="Folklore of the United States">Folklore</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dead_man%27s_hand" title="Dead man's hand">Dead man's hand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dime_novel" title="Dime novel">Dime novel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_(folklore)" title="John Henry (folklore)">John Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Kaw" title="Johnny Kaw">Johnny Kaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Tom%27s_treasure" title="Long Tom's treasure">Long Tom's treasure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_Dutchman%27s_Gold_Mine" title="Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine">Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_Ship_of_the_Desert" title="Lost Ship of the Desert">Lost Ship of the Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montezuma%27s_treasure" title="Montezuma's treasure">Montezuma's treasure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bunyan" title="Paul Bunyan">Paul Bunyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos_Bill" title="Pecos Bill">Pecos Bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Cities_of_Gold" title="Seven Cities of Gold">Seven Cities of Gold</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gold_rush" title="Gold rush">Gold rushes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hills Gold Rush">Black Hills Gold Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="California Gold Rush">California Gold Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confederate_Gulch_and_Diamond_City" title="Confederate Gulch and Diamond City">Confederate Gulch and Diamond City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush" title="Klondike Gold Rush">Klondike Gold Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike%27s_Peak_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="Pike's Peak Gold Rush">Pike's Peak Gold Rush</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Old_West_gunfights" title="List of Old West gunfights">Gunfights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dalton_Gang#Coffeyville_bank_robbery" title="Dalton Gang">Battle of Coffeyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lincoln_(1878)" title="Battle of Lincoln (1878)">Battle of Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frisco_shootout" title="Frisco shootout">Frisco shootout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral" title="Gunfight at the O.K. Corral">Gunfight at the O.K. Corral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Branch_Saloon_gunfight" title="Long Branch Saloon gunfight">Long Branch Saloon gunfight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variety_Hall_shootout" title="Variety Hall shootout">Variety Hall shootout</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo" title="Battle of the Alamo">Battle of the Alamo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass" title="Battle of Glorieta Pass">Battle of Glorieta Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn" title="Battle of the Little Bighorn">Battle of the Little Bighorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Jacinto" title="Battle of San Jacinto">Battle of San Jacinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Washita_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Washita River">Battle of Washita River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Flag_Revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Bear Flag Revolt">Bear Flag Revolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_1837_(New_Mexico)" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolt of 1837 (New Mexico)">Chimayó Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Adobe_Walls" title="First Battle of Adobe Walls">First Battle of Adobe Walls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Indian_Wars" title="American Indian Wars">Indian Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Creek_massacre" title="Sand Creek massacre">Sand Creek massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seminole_Wars" title="Seminole Wars">Seminole Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Revolution" title="Texas Revolution">Texas Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre" title="Wounded Knee Massacre">Wounded Knee Massacre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Range_war" title="Range war">Range wars</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Family_feuds_in_the_United_States" title="Family feuds in the United States">feuds</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cochise_County_in_the_Old_West" title="Cochise County in the Old West">Earp-Clanton feud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County_War" title="Johnson County War">Johnson County War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County_War" title="Lincoln County War">Lincoln County War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County_War" title="Mason County War">Mason County War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Valley_War" title="Pleasant Valley War">Pleasant Valley War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheep_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheep Wars">Sheep Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton%E2%80%93Taylor_feud" title="Sutton–Taylor feud">Sutton–Taylor feud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arizona_Rangers" title="List of Arizona Rangers">Arizona Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_the_American_frontier" title="Bibliography of the American frontier">Bibliography of the American frontier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cowboys_and_cowgirls" title="List of cowboys and cowgirls">Cowboys and cowgirls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Old_West_gangs" title="List of Old West gangs">Gangs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ghost_towns_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ghost towns in the United States">Ghost towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Old_West_gunfights" title="List of Old West gunfights">Gunfights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Old_West_lawmen" title="List of Old West lawmen">Lawmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_men" title="List of mountain men">Mountain men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Old_West_gunfighters" title="List of Old West gunfighters">Outlaws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_American_Old_West" title="Timeline of the American Old West">Timeline of the American Old West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Influence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_the_Western_United_States" title="Cuisine of the Western United States">Cuisine of the Western United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuckwagon" title="Chuckwagon">Chuckwagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_California" title="Cuisine of California">Californian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_cuisine_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous cuisine of the Americas">Native American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexican_cuisine" title="New Mexican cuisine">New Mexican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_chile" title="New Mexico chile">New Mexico chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_cuisine" title="Pacific Northwest cuisine">Pacific Northwestern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_oysters" title="Rocky Mountain oysters">Rocky Mountain oysters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex-Mex" title="Tex-Mex">Tex-Mex</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_Western" title="Gothic Western">Gothic Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weird_West" title="Weird West">Weird West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Western genre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_lifestyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Western lifestyle">Western lifestyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_music_(North_America)" title="Western music (North America)">Western music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_music" title="New Mexico music">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Dirt_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Dirt (music)">Red Dirt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tejano_music" title="Tejano music">Tejano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_country_music" title="Texas country music">Texas country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_wear" title="Western wear">Western wear</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_boot" title="Cowboy boot">Cowboy boots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_hat" title="Cowboy hat">Cowboy hat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeans" title="Jeans">Jeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snap_fastener" title="Snap fastener">Snap fastener</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Places" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Alaska" title="Department of Alaska">Alaska</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anchorage,_Alaska" title="Anchorage, Alaska">Anchorage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iditarod,_Alaska" title="Iditarod, Alaska">Iditarod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nome,_Alaska" title="Nome, Alaska">Nome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seward,_Alaska" title="Seward, Alaska">Seward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skagway,_Alaska" title="Skagway, Alaska">Skagway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Territory" title="Arizona Territory">Arizona Territory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canyon_Diablo,_Arizona" title="Canyon Diablo, Arizona">Canyon Diablo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Grant,_Arizona" title="Fort Grant, Arizona">Fort Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prescott,_Arizona" title="Prescott, Arizona">Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tombstone,_Arizona" title="Tombstone, Arizona">Tombstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Window_Rock,_Arizona" title="Window Rock, Arizona">Window Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuma,_Arizona" title="Yuma, Arizona">Yuma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_California" title="History of California">California</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bakersfield,_California" title="Bakersfield, California">Bakersfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno,_California" title="Fresno, California">Fresno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_California" title="Jamestown, California">Jamestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Colorado" title="History of Colorado">Colorado</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Dearborn" title="Fort Dearborn">Fort Dearborn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kansas" title="History of Kansas">Kansas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Kansas" title="Abilene, Kansas">Abilene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodge_City,_Kansas" title="Dodge City, Kansas">Dodge City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth,_Kansas" title="Ellsworth, Kansas">Ellsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hays,_Kansas" title="Hays, Kansas">Hays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leavenworth,_Kansas" title="Leavenworth, Kansas">Leavenworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Missouri" title="History of Missouri">Missouri</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Missouri" title="Independence, Missouri">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a></li></ul> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Montana_Territory" title="Montana Territory">Montana Territory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billings,_Montana" title="Billings, Montana">Billings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bozeman,_Montana" title="Bozeman, Montana">Bozeman</a></li> <li><a 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